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clean character, of unimpeachable integrity, a keen thinker,'
an eloquent speaker, a loyal Jew, an ardent American, Rabbi
Kornfeld may be depended upon to fill acceptably and with

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ficient money to proceed to Erez Is-
rael. These future "pioneers" are
literally "carving their way to Pales-
tine." They are cutting a road for
themselves out of the hard rock of
reality. Undaunted by manual labor
or physical hardship, they have set
out on the long, painful road to Na-
tional Restoration. The call of the
soil has reached them, the plaintiff
irresistible appeal of a native land,
and like true patriots they have re-
sponded without considering the cost.
This little group of national heroes
is but typical of tens of thousands
of others, eager to start out, but kept
batik because Colitis are lacking to
provide them with work and thereby
keep Cie gates of Palestine open.
They cry out not for bread, but for
the opportunity to work for Erez Is-
rael. Their cry will re-echo down the
ages. Surely it will not go unheeded
today!

The Heritage.

LONDON OFFICE
14 STRATFORD PLACE
LONDON, W. 1, ENGLAND

We have before us a volume of eight short stories recently
published by the Doran Company under the title The Heri-
tage," by Viola Brothers Shore. The book takes its title from
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
the first story, which appeared some months ago in the Satur-
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
day Evening Post and which for its very fine exposition of the
Editorial
Contributor
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
Jewish spirit received unstinted praise at the hands of the re-
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to viewers. Indeed, we believe that it is not too much to say of
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the this story that it is perhaps the best treatment of a Jewish
view expressed by the writers.
theme in short story form that has appeared in many years.
It is to be greatly regretted that the other stories in the
Cheshvan 3, 5682
November 4, 1921
volume do not realize the promise that the author gave in the
first of her series. While undoubtedly there is much good
Armistice Day.
humor in several of them, and while moreover here and there
Before the appearance of the next issue of this paper, the a character sketch is very well drawn, the whole book does not
third anniversary of the signing of the Armistice will have ring true. It shows, we fear, undue haste in preparation as
taken place. That this should represent' a supreme day in world though the writer had wished to come agaiti before the public
history needs scarcely to be said. But will it be vocal as it while her popularity, due to the wonderful success of her first
"THE JEWISH MIND"
should be with a message to the civilized nations of the earth? story, was still fresh in the minds of the people. There is a
(New York Journal.)
Will it recall not only the horrors of war but as well the suspicion that the book is published at a time when it might
The stupidity that shows itself in
triumphs and the glories of peace? Will it light within the appeal as a best seller. Even the Jewish characters are not hap- anti-Jewish
prejudice shows itself
pily drawn in the book. The humor seems to be rather force(
souls of the peoples a great desire so to reconstruct national and the characters do not live as they do in the first book of often, in well meaning, entirely pro-
and international relationships upon a basis of absolute justice
vincial, ignorant minds.
the series. Such a title as "Matzoths Cast Upon the Waters'
For instance, you read in a little
as to make war if not impossible, at least a thing to be hated is a poor attempt to humorously paraphrase a Biblical verse weekly,
not worth mentioning, an ar-
and avoided whenever possible? Will it inspire those who
ticle,
The Jewish Mind in These
shall sit in the conference at Washington with the sacredness too rich in inspiration to lend itself to baser uses. And so States."
Ile is an earnest, honest, sincere,
of their task and the holiness of the duty that rests upon them? throughout.
It is to be regretted that Viola Brothers Shore has publish' ( well meaning man. It is not his fault
Will it tend once and for all to lift the question of the limita-
he describes and criticizes Jews
tion of armaments above the plane of petty politics into the this volume. It would have been better for her literary futur e that
as a bighorn heh might describe a
moral problem that it is? Will the adjournment of that con- had she waited a bit and given us only occasionally a shor steam engine. You couldn't expect
ference find the peoples of the world more nearly in accord story such as "The Heritage." Perhaps she will come back a leghorn hen to have much sym-
for a steam engine, and of
with those ideals of national righteousness which through the and give us something worthy of her ability. Certainly this i pathy
course the steam engine wouldn't pay
ages Israel has preached and for the furtherance of which the a hope which we may indulge. ,
much attention to the leghorn hen if
it came cackling in its white feathers.
war of humanity was fought?
What one unimportant individual
Unless the Armistice Day celebration shall accomplish these
• says about Jews and the "Jewish
a t...4_4, 6e"
ends, its purpose will have been altogether lost. Three years
Mind in These States" is not impor-
ago when the Armistice was signed, the world was yet so
tant to Jews, but it is important to
drenched in blood and tears that men could not quite grasp
,intelligent Gentiles who know that
bigotry, especially ignorant, well-
the meaning of the great change that had come. They could
either in competence or in trust- meaning bigotry, is dangerous.
not •see things in a proper perspective and they gave them-
The writer mentioned selects for
worthiness by the fact of their bap-
selves over to a wild orgy of jubilation and celebration as
O mit • • • The utility to the state his victim a woman, Mrs. Rose Pastor
though the mere signing of the papers had meant that peace
of these baptized Jews only demon- Stokes. And he quotes her thus:
strates what could be the utility to "Much as I love the Stars and Stripes,
had come to the world. Unfortunately, however, we know that
the state of the unbaptized Jews.* • " I love the red flag better."
the real war, bloodless though it has been, began on the day
Picking out one thing that one
"It is said, 'If we do admit the,
when many believed that the war had come to an end. The
Jews, where shall we put the boon- particular Russian Jewess may or
new war was the war of the masses and the classes, the war Anti-Semitic Movement Grow- dary line?' That, gentlemen, is your may not have said, the writer con-
ing; Communists Begin
business. Make the qualifications as demos hundreds of thousands of the
of industrial and economic groups, the war of one stratum
high as possible! Reject all those most useful, hard-working, liberty
Anti-Refugee Struggle.
of society against the other. It was a war for the supremacy
whose antecedents, education, dispo- loving inhabitants of this country.
of one nation over another, a war in which each sought its own
"Much as I love the Stars and
sition, talent or character leave the
advantage, a war in which the pettiness and the selfishness anrj BERLIN.—(J. T. A.)--The Ger- least doubt. • • • From the Jews' Stripes, I love the red flag better."
the sordidness of groups and nations vied for victory over the man anti-Semitic movement seems to I expect that they will, while aubor- That is a pour, silly saying, scarcely
have taken on alarming proportions dinated, unceasingly continue their , excused by the fact that its author
humanitarian instincts of the nations that likewise were seek- and
is causing the Jewish population self-education, competing with their ' has seen the misery of life and per-
ing to assert themselves.
of the country considerable distress, Christian fellow-countrymen in all haps been mentally upset by it.
These three years that have passed since the signing of the The League of Nations' decision on the virtues and serving their country , But how does it compare with an-
Armistice have been hard and bitter ones for the human race. Upper Silesia has, in certain quar- with a love twice as strong. They other saying that, as that writer well
ters, been attributed to Jewish anti- will, I hope, think of their well- knows, is in the minds of many of
Let us hope that the third anniversary of the great day will German
influence and is being used as earned rights not in bitterness, but the richest Americans, including some
indeed mark a red letter day in human history. May it be a as a butt against Jews. Likewise, with confidence. God will see to it'." for whom he has written for pay?
day which shall speed the realization of the prophet's vision the recent increase in prices has been
He knows that many enormously
' rich Gentiles, if their thoughts could
when "swords shall be beaten into plowshares and spears into laid to the blame of foreign mer-
chants now in Germany doing busi- NATIONS' REFUGEES
he read, would be found thinking:
pruning hooks and nations shall learn war no more."
ness, and at least one German Cham-
"Much as I love the Stars and Strpies,

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— GI AS . - 1-k doS EP

(Copyright, 1921.

the cause of the Jewish people and he is unquestionably the most

powerful Amnion that we could have in these days when the daily
press is the main channel for the distribution of information. In the
Detroit Times this week he has three columns devoted to the Ford
subject trying to show how Ford is being misled by "malignant, faith.
less employes." And in light of Ford's presidential a.pirations he
tatement: "There is no place in American life,
makes this significant s
of course, for • man that causes an entire useful race, faithful rep.
ancient
religion, to be slandered systematically. M r
resent•tives of an
Ford's attacks on the Jews will not injure them, however much ti
calamity. Waste
may offend them. Energy wasted and perverted is •
and perversion of energy mark the attacks of Henry Ford so system•
tically carried on against his American fellow citizens of Jewish
•
birth. Individually he is not to blame, he knows nothing of the siih

ject he discusses. And wisely does not

rome's hypothetical questions, but I am sure you will grasp my mean
ing. If material things are of more value than spiritual things, then
of course men like Ford who are keen mechanics and business men
and get lots of money are the real assets to the world if the wealth

thus accumulated is spent for vicious purposes.

I would also like to know from Mr. Brisbane if in his judgment
Mr. Ford is not afflicted like Sir Oliver Lodge, Conan Doyle, Lyman
have attained distinction in their chosen
Gage and other men who
but on certain other subjects have displayed an

APPEAL TO AMERICA

ber of Commerce, that in Cologne,
I love the dollar sign better."
Some of the most powerful men
has petitioned the German govern-
ment to withdraw commercial privi-
LE.—(J.
T.
A.)
in
this country, hiring the ablest
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CONSTANTIN
leges from aliens.
—12,500 destitute refugees, members lawyers in this country, attack rind
Disturbances of an anti-Semitic na- of all nationalities and creeds, have break year after year the laws of
ture recently took place in Chariot- signed a petition to the American na- the United States, which are the laws
tenberg, in Bavaria. In Munich, a lion, which describes the plight of the of the Stars and Stripes. They do
group of Germans entered a syna- homeless in Constantinople and begs this, because, much as they love the
gogue, defiantly smoking cigurets, that relief for that quarter be not dis- Stars and Stripes, they love the dol-
and interrupted the Succoth prayers, continued. The refugees have taken tar sign better.
tore prayer books, cursed and yelled alarm at the recent liquidation of the
A man of education should not
and created general pandemonium.
American Joint Distribution Commit- condemn a religion, a people that
The German communists have tee, and the decision of the American , have persistently opposed tyranny,
started a very determined struggle Red Cross to discontinue its activities. that have suffered and died for their
against the continued influx of Rus- Constantinople has long been a center belief as no other has done. For
sian Jews. The communist organ, for refugees from Soviet Russia, the a man to pick out one isolated say-
Rote Fahne, publishes and article Ukraine, and neighboring countries, ing of one Russian Jewess and on
which maintains that the 150,000 Hygienic conditions are almost intol- that condemn thousands of those
Russian refugees now residing in erable and employment is either scarce who contribute to the very prosper-
Germany are all of the bourgeois ele- or non-existent. Soldiers of the army sty that he enjoys is unworthy and
ment, many of them being bankers, of Baron General Wrangel constitute ungrateful.
financiers and ex-officers of the czar's a considerable percentage of those in
Of course, the Jewish mind is "dif-
army. The communists demand that need of relief. Many of these await ferent from other minds." The mind
the government expel these aliens. the earliest opportunity to return to of Spinoza, philosopher, is different
Otherwise, the workingmen will them- their homes in Russia. A large num- from others. So is that of Heine,
selves adopt measures to effect this her of the destitutes are immigrants
Do nut underestimate that Jewish
end. In Jewish circles here the new who are not able to prayed further on mind. He who died on Calvary had
movement has caused much disturb- account of the entrance restrictions in . a Jewish mother.
ance, especially in view of the fact the Holy Land.
Be fair to the Jews. They are a
that a great percentage of the refu-
power never stopping.
gees are Jews. Now that the con-
Take a walk on Fifth avenue be-
ll
tention of the anti-Semites against
low Twenty-eighth street at the noon
the East European Jews is rein-
hour. Listen to their talking and
forced by that of the strong com-
planning at a time when others rest
munist faction, it may be that the
or play cards or "loaf." You will
LONDON.--(J. C. B.)—In an in-
government's hand will be forced and
that restrictive measures will be terview with a representative of the find there many samples of the tiff•
adopted against the refugee move- Jewish Correspondence Bureau, [.u- fermi "Jewish mind," and you will
cien Wolf expressed his praise for find power, energy unlimited, and
ment.
counts.
The right reactionary parties are the great work accomplished by that
concentrating all their efforts in op- American Jewry on behalf of their
n,
M. P.'s DECLARE
posing the entrance of Dr. Walter unfortunate brethren in war and i
Ratenau into the new German cabinet grom stricken countries. Mr. Wolf
WITH ZIONISM
denied
emphatically
the
content
of
about to be formed. The anti-Semi.
tic press here attacks Ratenau for an interview published in some New
.1 E It II SA LE NI.— (J. T. A.)—The
his negotiations with l.acheur re- York Yiddish dailies, according to British Labor ('arty tl.legation which
garding the devastated French terri- which he was reported to have "criti- visited Egypt to make a study of con-
tories.
cized American Jews for not giving ditions there, issued a statement at
The German anti-Semities are still sufficient aid to Jewish refugees." Cairo regretting that urgent parlia-
unmindful of a much advertised let-
"The very contrary is true," said mentary business made it impossible
ter Dr. Ratenau wrote to a Prus- I.ucien Wolf. "The Joint Distribu- for them to see Palestine, but express-
sian notable, Von Diezelsky by name, tion Committee has done much and ing their sympathy for the movement
is still carrying on its fine work. I ' to establish a Jewish homeland and
in which he wrote inter alia:
The Prussian government gives have the greatest respect for the sere- pledging themselves to continue their
appointments every year to dozens ices of American Jewish relief com- support on its behalf.
The statement was issued after Ben
of baptized MS, who gain nothing mittees."
Gurion, sent by the Achduth Havodah
l'arty in Palestine, visited the M. P.'s
and invited them to Jerusalem in the
name of the Jewish workingmen of the
country.

The current and no doubt authentic report that Rabbi
Joseph S. Kornfeld of Columbus, Ohio, has been invited by
President Harding to accept a diplomatic post not yet named
is a source of pleasure to Dr. Kornfeld's many friends and
admirers. He is a man who will bring honor and dignity to
any position which he may be persuaded to accept.
During his long ministry in Columbus, Dr. Kornfeld has
worked quietly and unostentatiously but always with the very
greatest effectiveness for the welfare not only of his particular
congregation but as well for his community at large. As
President of the Board of Education of his city, he won recog-
nition as a masterful organizer. As a writer on political sub-
jects, he has come to be regarded as an authority. A man of

H,,

would like to put this question to Mr. Brisbane and would like
I
to have him answer it in his column: "Despite Henry Ford's great
industrial achievement in giving the world a cheap automobile, is
not the manner in which he is using his wealth making him a menace
menace than a blessing to
to society that he has become more of a
society?" This may read like one of the late William Travers Je-

JEWS THREATENED
BY HATE OF GERMANS

Rabbi Kornfeld Honored.

pretend knowledge.

employees deceive him."

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The Community Fund has had hard sledding this year. At
this writing, the day originally set for the end of the drive,
the rather modest quota set as the minimum for the needs of
the sixty-five institutions supported by the Community Fund
has not been reached. Upwards of half a million dollars is
needed to the completion of the fund. The deficit, let it be
plainly said, is due not to the niggardliness of the poor man
for whom these last years have been times of terrific struggle
and real privation. Altogether out of proportion with his sub-
stance has he given.
To be sure, many thousands who under normal economic
conditions would have considered it a privilege to enroll them-
selves among the givers have found it utterly impossible to con-
tribute anything this year. One cannot squeeze blood out of a
stone. Men who have been out of employment for many months
and for whom, even in normal times, the span between de-
pendence and independence is a very narrow one, simply have
not the wherewithal to maintain themselves, much less to give
to others. Upon their shoulders, therefore, cannot be laid even
a minute share of the responsibility for the failure of the Com-
munity Fund if indeed it is to be a failure this year.
Where then lies the responsibility? It lies squarely upon
the shoulders of the men of large wealth in the community
who are niggardly, who are selfish, who are unsocial in spirit,
who do not recognize a brotherly relationship to other men.
And such men unfortunately there are by the hundreds, per-
haps even by the thousands in a great municipality like Detroit.
Men there are who are reputed to be millionaires who have
not given a single cent to this campaign or whose gifts are so
small that they shame them. Men there are at the head of
great establishments where hundreds, even thousands, of m en
are employed, for whose names we look in vain among the
givers. The argument that the past year has been a serious one
for the business man does not hold water as an excuse for their
not giving. Let them balance the losses of the past year, if
indeed they have lost at all, against the tremendous rewards
of the several years that preceded. Moreover, let them set
side by side the conditions of their own lives with those of the
people for whom the Community Fund has sent out its appeal.
Let them contrast their homes. comfortable to the last degree
when not actually palatial, with the poor, ill-ventilated, foul
smelling, unsanitary shacks in which thousands of their fellow
men are compelled to live their miserable lives. Let them con-
trast their surfeit with the absolute want of these others. Let
them contrast the educational advantages of their children
with the utter impossibility of many little children in Detroit
going to school at all because of lack of clothes and food.
What is most important, let them then contrast their own
lack of manhood, their own want of dcency, with the decent
manhood of many of those who through the Community Fund
are reaching out their hands to them for help. The man who
did not give should well consider contrasts like these. How
can he hold his head erect among his fellows? How can he
look his own children in the face? How can he stand un-
ashamed before his own conscience and his God? Who shall
not pity the man who did not give?

By Chas. II. Joseph.)

that Arthur Brisbane is working over-time to champion
I must say

'

The Man Who Did Not Give.

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(The New Palestine.)
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express our great regret that through his acceptance of a diplo-
0 or esteemed contemporary, the
matic
post,
the
Jewish
ministry
will
temporarily
at
least
lose
London
Jewish World, reproduces a
General Offices and Publication Building
the services of a man whose contributions to our comon cause photograph of a group of young Jews
850 High Street West
busy with pick-axe and shovel on the
Cable Address: have been of an extraordinarily high character.
roads of Vienna in order to earn suf-
Telephone:

fields of endeavor

erratic tendency. Even Mr. Ford's best friends must admit that in
financing a Peace Expedition as he did must have somewhere in his
mental machinery a kink that inclines him to irresponsible acts. This
Jewish question is another; his astonishing eagerness for publicity; his
attacks on Newberry; his recent announcement about paying for ads
to have the salaries of Federal judges raised; his press bragging about
much money he has and how smart he is and what a wonderful

how

business man he is, all seems to me to point to an irresponsibility that
so, Mr.
makes such • mind • real menace to society—don't you think

Brisbane?

Like every other first class lodge, after organization and distri-

bution of badges, emblems, banners, fool's caps, masks, sashes, im.
port•nt high sounding titles, the Ku Klux Klan simply has to put itself
to work. Here some negro is taken out from home and whipped a nd
tarred and feathered; there some white man who does not meet the
approval of some member of the Ku Klux, who is probably delinquent
in payment of bills and who has been requested to meet his obligation
and resents it, is threatened; but we now have the spectacle of some-

one using the mystic and mysterious Grand Goblin signature threaten-
ing the Keren Hayesod of Cleveland, demanding that unless it go out

of business "no pity will be had in it."

Now this may be the work of an individual who is • fanatic but
not • member of the Ku Klux Klan, but such an organization inspires
individuals to do lawless acts like those. Besides it starts others
thinking along the slime lines and the first thing we know more serious
troubles result. So while this threat may mean very little I do not
like the sinister note that has been struck in it. The writer says that
he is 100 per cent American and that he does not like or approve of
"foreign" power or organizations here. This is the idea that spreads
very easily, especially among those who are not familiar with Zionism
or who understand its meaning. So this alleged Ku Klux Klan writer
takes it for granted that the Keren H•ye.od is • foreign organisa-
tion working to establish a foreign power—and takes the opportunity

to issue • warning.

Dr. Osier won brief fame when he fashioned, unconsciously per-
haps, the term "Oslerized" in connection with the lion of man's
usefulness after he reached the age of 40; though in truth I think he
was completely misrepresented, and • good newspaper story is hard to
down, especially if it catches the popular imagination. At only rate,
Osler didn't have Simon Wolf in mind, for on Oct. 28 he will cele-
brate his eighty-fifth birthday and he isn't going to celebrate in an
armchair, either. He is what I like to call • useful citizen. He has
worked all his life and he is still working, not for himself as much
as he is for the welfare of his people. Eighty-five years is quite an
age to reach, and too often we venerate men who reach such years
merely because they are old and we look upon them as curiosities.

ewe

I never knew • man that had such • marvelous fund of informs.
tion on Jewish subjects as the late Gotthard Deutsch. There seemed
to be nothing, whether of ancient or modern interest concerning Jews
or Judaism, that he didn't have mentally at his finger tips. He, I must
say, was responsible on more than one occasion in keeping me from
committing errors in discussing the Jewishness of certain Jews. Only
recently he pointed out that I had been mistaken in my estimate of
Maximilian Harden, the German publicist. He was the one who first
called my attention to the fact that Harden was not only a converted
Jew but an anti-Semite as well; quite an interesting combination to
be found in one Jew. But on curious facts of Jewish history Dr .
Deutsch was • master. I understand that he has left an index to Jew-

ish history that is astonishing and of the utmost value. His articles
in the Jewish press will be missed because he Aways wrote in an in-
teresting and popular style, even though the subjects discussed did not

lend themselves easily to such treatment.

S. RELIEF WORK
PRAISED BY WOLF

BRITISH
SYMPATHY

The Twin Stars

Up above me star and star—
Side by side like twins they are;
Like the eyes of God they seem,
As in Heaven's height they gleam.

Like on Sabbath light and light,
By my mother's twinkle bright
Are there eyes that watch on high?
Are there Sabbaths in the sky?

If Almighty's eyes they be,
Do they fondly look at me?
But if lights for Sabbath-day-
Who'll the Blessing o'er them say?

—JOEL BLAU.

FRENCH, BRITISH AGREE
ON HAIFA AS FREE PORT

GENEVA. — (J. T. A — French
and British representatives here
agreed to make Haifa a free port so
that goods entering Haifa and des-
tined for Syria will be exempt from
duty.
It is reported that the Person Com-
pany 'which has undertaken the con-
, struction of a modern harbor at Bails
will be assisted to the extent of ten
million pounds by the l'alestinian
government.

WOULD POSTPONE BRITISH
DECISIONS ON PALESTINE

LONDON.—(.1. C. B.)—Sir John-
son-Hicks, M. P., has requested the
British government to promise that no

definite decisions regarding Palestine
, will be taken till the next session of
, Parliament. The M. P. declares that
in view of the present unrest in Pal-
. estine, it would be unwise for the

government to adopt decisions regard-
ing the Arabs, the Balfour Declar-
ation, or the Mandate.

down to Mz.
And soon will come the roaring bliz,
When lake gales sweet), and snowflakes whiz,
And then-the price of coal will riz.

01' Autumn's getting

Is your winter coal in?

Ilow about the old overcoat? Does it need
a new lining?

Those winter undies: have the moths been
holding high carnival all Summer, or have
they been safely guarded by an army of
moth balls?

These questions are strictly in order and
bring visions of Old Man Winter on his way
with a bag of tricks, which, wiseacres say,
is full to the brim with Zero weather, snow
and icicles.

If your coal isn't in, you had better hurry
—for the first real cold snap can be
expected daily.

And of course, United quality and service.

.C.414.Slotov

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